by Raven
This is from our Facebook feed the week after the Twin Oaks fire. Some of these posts were originally scheduled for the previous week but delayed to fit in all the posts about the fire and one of these is from Twin Oaks talking about the aftermath of the fire.
This first post is a link to what I think is a very interesting analysis of how communities deal with the realities of capitalism, an essay by Sky Blue which I knew we had to repost here as soon as I saw it. It was already posted on the Federation of Egalitarian Communities Facebook page, which is where I got Sky’s quote about the effect of their life at Twin Oaks and with the FEC.
Here’s a link to the original article.
Unfortunately, it didn’t do that well on our Facebook feed, with six likes, one share, and only eighty-four views.
Acorn Community and their business, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, are all about the seeds–and the planting of them.
Here’s a link to the Southern Exposure website.
This post did okay with seven likes, a share, and a hundred and twenty-four views.
One of the posts that got bumped was from Twin Oaks talking about getting new members. I assume that as they are rebuilding from the fire, they will still be looking for new members.
This did pretty well, with six likes, one love, one care, and a hundred and sixty views.
Although the main business at East Wind is nut butters, they also make sandals, using the same rope that Twin Oaks used for their hammocks (now only a memory in the wake of the fire).
Here’s the website for Utopian Rope Sandals.
Maybe people didn’t know that East Wind made sandals. This post did very well, with seven likes, a love, a share, and just over two hundred views.
Finally, a post fire post from Twin Oaks about support, care, and gratitude in the wake of this disaster.
This post did very, very well (best of the week) with six likes, six cares, one love, and two hundred and eighteen views.
commune life 